Jack Coralane and the crew of the Astral Feather conduct drone hunting operations to combat a new breed of space piracy. Seemingly mundane, routine, meant to be a simple task destroying their targets from a safe distance. Their next contract, however, may not be so mundane, and could threaten to throw them into a cauldron of danger far more real than they could have ever imagined.
A Swarm Cycle Story
Women never noticed him. Never, not even his own mother. Then the Confederacy decided he had a talent that they desperately needed. The Office of Targeted Extractions got involved. Things changed.
You will get much more from this short story if you've read other stories in the Swarm Cycle. / (Reviews)
A Ritual Story (3) Part of the Human/Craxill Stories universe
John Patrick Rogers, now known as Monrill Tonrath, inadvertently founded a new Craxill clan two years ago, when he participated in a ritual that joined human and Craxill together. Now, the aftermath threatens to tear two worlds apart.
A Slave Girl Story (9) Jason takes in a couple of underage slave girls (twin sisters) on a cold winter evening and takes care of them. His life becomes a lot more interesting as the girls are determined to become women and leave childhood behind. This is story eight in the Slave Girl series.
A Tales of Asgard Space Story (1) Dar Kree is a Sondag pilot - sole survivor of a failed battle, his ship drifts powerless into the Volmon rift. Ross Carson and Pete Lopez are partners, hardscrabble independent miners and salvage operators operating their own ship, but just barely staying one step ahead of the creditors. When the Sondag ship exits the rift and collides with the human - its a disaster. But its also a new beginning.
Frank Cardon is a curious soul. A genius with almost idiot savant proportions, he posesses no social skills. Frank's mother dies leaving him the fortune he needs to complete their life-long project to build the first anti-gravity drive. With his lawyer/partner, he pulls off a stunt that secures his name in the history books and starts humankind on its migration to space. Note-This story has been updated and renamed from an earlier version entitled Prelude.
When the Most High decides reality needs livening, he gives one man the power to edit reality three times a day. What will Steve Davies do with this power?